CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 665

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barking; it is reported that they rere rceived by the Tupan who took the to see lu, but the latter refused to discuss any terma and merely sold that he intended sending his troops to thinkiang.

in the 15th (ong chiơn-fei's troopɛ moved out about ten miles to Kotze, the first station or win reilway towards lankin; they were joines by reinforce ants from Changchow and, it is sid, Changhai. if reports were correct there must have been betwes:: Bud and bad troups at Kotze, but irview of the fcable re, istance unde it = likely that the numbers were exog erateu. I was, in ectual fact, infonied by a sülitary officer on the lota that the troops at Knotze were waply sufficient to hola up the advance from banking and that a talegrų. had been Bent down line to the effect that further reinforce. „elita

were not needed.

urers ap Tehension was caused by the report wat three chine Ierchante stemmert had been com ande, red at Nerking end were bein», los qed with troops wių a view to attacking thinkiang by river, and other reportɛ geemed

to indicate that a colum of Lu's troops #16 „oving across country direct to Janyong with the object of cuttily. Wis railway between here and hanghai.

the mornin, of the 17th it wha re orteu w-t zengtien troops hau landed above volden islanu, about two biles from the concession, and were novin, on uue railway station, by 8 .... the sound of rifle firin, was very Gistinct and this continued more or less "li turough wie forendon with occasional field-gur fire. From the top of the Compulste nill the d fenuink force could be clearl, seen in action, thou,li they ulu not Bael „o have such idea of what they were firing et. 1 field-pun was in

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